Bernie Sanders Support with Black Voters Cratered by More Than Half in a Week

[George II]

TOMMY CHRISTOPHER FEB 7, 2020 12:29 PM

Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders saw his support among black voters crater by more than half in a national poll amid a roiling controversy over his decision to brag about an endorsement by comic Joe Rogan, and stand by it after the comic’s history of bigoted remarks emerged.

Sanders was enjoying a bit of a surge with black voters in the weekly Economist/YouGov poll, going from 12 percent three weeks ago to 17 percent the following week in a poll that was taken two days after Sanders tweeted a video of Rogan praising the candidate’s consistency and saying he would “probably” vote for Sanders.

But in the most recent poll, taken Sunday through Tuesday of this week, Sanders’ support among black voters has plunged to eight percent.

There’s no way of telling exactly what caused the swing, but the Rogan controversy began to erupt just before last week’s poll was taken, as past comments by Rogan — including a clip in which he compared a black neighborhood to the fictional Planet of the Apes — began circulating, and the Sanders campaign responded by standing by their embrace of the endorsement in spite of those comments.

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[stonecutter357]

1. K&R

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

No offense to dogs, who are better people than Joe Rogan. The campaign should have disavowed that guy ASAP.

[still_one]

3. and that should be concerning

[aeromanKC]

4. Bernie is not a Democrat

I love how he starts out the article reminding everybody that Bernie is not a Democrat.

[NurseJackie]

13. I noticed as well.

[Voltaire2]

5. dupe.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287485375

Already posted. I know duplicate posts bother some people here.

[HarlanPepper]

9. That's okay. I enjoyed reading it just as much the second time.

[MineralMan]

14. Pointing out every duplicated post in this forum would eat up all of your time.

There's no rule against it, and posts scroll out of view quickly. There will always be duplicated posts here. Of course, you're free to point that out with duplicate posts of your own.

[Voltaire2]

15. It is a common complaint from the op.

[MineralMan]

16. Why compound it?

It's a silly thing to complain about, really.

[Voltaire2]

17. It amuses me.

[UniteFightBack]

6. It looks like they went to Bloomberg which black folks will break for if the media and

ourselves destroy Biden ...who remains the best chance to beat dump in the swing states.

[betsuni]

7. K&R

[BlueIdaho]

8. Even 17% is a disaster waiting to happen. nt.

[Cha]

10. Good

[Scurrilous]

11. Nobody likes Bernie.

Sad.

[Gothmog]

12. African Americans trust and support Joe Biden -- and Bernie Sanders' dirty tactics won't change that

Link to tweet

For more than 30 years I have worked around the clock organizing and activating voters in South Carolina with my renowned “Reckoning Crew.”

We have hit the ground for local races, presidential races and everything in between — knocking on doors in rural communities and making phone calls into urban neighborhoods. We have had big wins and suffered some tough losses, but we are lucky to speak with so many voters in our communities.

It is safe to say that I know what South Carolina voters are looking for in 2020.....

Sanders’ divisive and baseless attacks won’t get him anywhere in the Palmetto State. And Sanders is proving to us —once again — that he just does not know or understand South Carolina voters.
By contrast former Vice President Joe Biden knows us like the back of his hand. And we know him.

Joe has more relationships in our communities than anyone else in this race.
He has more history with our communities than anyone else in this race.
And Joe is more comfortable in our communities than anyone else in this race.

Read more here: https://www.thestate.com/opinion/article239256523.html#storylink=cpy

[Gothmog]

18. For this thread

Link to tweet

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[Cha]

20. Mahalo!!!

[krissey]

19. Cenk with misogyny. Rogan with his racism. Sanders can't expect support from women and POC

when he shows us how little he thinks of us.